RNS Number : 2747A
Barclays PLC
13 August 2024
 

FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN

EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS

(OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE)

Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.

KEY INFORMATION

(a)

Name of exempt principal trader:

 

BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD

(b)

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

 

CREST NICHOLSON HOLDINGS PLC

 

relevant securities this form relates:

 

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

CREST NICHOLSON HOLDINGS PLC

 

principal trader is connected

 

 

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

 

12 Aug 2024

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal

YES:

 

 

 

trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

BELLWAY PLC

 

2.

POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree

 

 

to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

 

Class of relevant security:

5p ordinary

 

Interests

Short Positions

 

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

1,745,432

0.68%

3,547,682

1.38%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

3,395,647

1.32%

1,393,520

0.54%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

5,141,079

2.00%

4,941,202

1.92%

(b)

Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive

 

 

options)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class of relevant security in relation to

 

 

 

 

which subscription right exists

 

 

 

 

Details, including nature of the rights

 

 

 

 

concerned and relevant percentages:

 

 

 

 

3.

DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Purchases and sales

 

 

 

 

 

Class of relevant

Purchase/sale

Total number of

Highest price per unit

Lowest price per unit

security

 

securities

paid/received

paid/received

5p ordinary

Purchase

27,695

2.6338  GBP

2.5920  GBP

5p ordinary

Sale

83,381

2.6340  GBP

2.6087  GBP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

 

reference

unit

security

 

 

securities

 

5p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

2,535

2.6338  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

126

2.5942  GBP

5p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

2,309

2.6087  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

392

2.6082  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

816

2.6247  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,842

2.6340  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,316

2.6136  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,291

2.6163  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

5,480

2.6331  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

281

2.5920  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

66

2.5999  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,552

2.6087  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

62

2.6139  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,309

2.6156  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,700

2.6166  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

516

2.6259  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

24,941

2.6339  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

150

2.6250  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

150

2.5985  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

108

2.6033  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

16,966

2.6281  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

441

2.6134  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,306

2.6151  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,287

2.6340  GBP

5p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,840

2.6306  GBP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

 

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 

Class

Product

Writing,

Number

Exercise

Type

Expiry

Option

of

description

purchasing,

of

price

 

date

money

relevant

 

selling,

securities

per unit

 

 

paid/

security

 

varying etc

to which

 

 

 

received

 

 

 

option

 

 

 

per unit

 

 

 

relates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

Exercising

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class of relevant

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

Exercise price per

security

 

 

securities

unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 

Class of relevant

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

security

 

 

applicable)

 

 

 

 

4.

OTHER INFORMATION

(a)

Indemnity and other dealings arrangements

 

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding,

 

 

formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal

 

 

or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party

 

to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:

 

 

 

NONE

(b)

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

 

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between

 

 

the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to:

 

 

(i)   the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or

 

 

 

(ii)   the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which

 

 

any derivative is referenced:

 

 

 

 

 

 

NONE

(c)

Attachments

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

Date of disclosure:

13 Aug 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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